National Geographic Picks Up U2 3D

National Geographic Cinema Ventures has picked up upcoming concert documentary U2 3D, which it will distribute both domestically and internationally.

Variety says U2 3D will be released in late January in 3-D only.

The film was shot in South America during the band’s “Vertigo” tour entirely in digital 3-D.

The concert movie was produced by 3ality Digital and directed by Catherine Owens and Mark Pellington. Owens has been U2’s visual content director for more than 15 years, while Pellington directed the band’s “One” video.